A 20-minute documentary about a new approach towards battling and retaking US towns and cities from drug markets and gang violence. Produced for Uri Schneider, the piece aired on ARTE in April 2010.
The “High Point” drug market elimination strategy is the brain child of David Kennedy a professor from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and has been so successful that it is now being deployed all over the country.
A couple of weeks before the beginning of the Olympics, TSI (Lugano) got in touch with us to put together a couple of stories for the Telegiornale. They were going to be there a a limited amount of days and they were traveling with their own crew.
This is one of the reports we put remotely together for them.
Low cost; high value.
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Hired by Flore Dussey of TSR (Television Suisse Romande), Odile collaborated with her on two stories filmed in Texas over a period of 4 days and that both aired on March 29, 2009. One on the nightly news program, the other on "Mise Au Point" a prime time news magazine.
Based on the assignment request that narrowed the search to Texas, Odile researched the legal situation of Swiss Bank UBS in Texas and looked for people who would accept to talk on camera about this sensitive topic. The result: an interview with Texas Securities Commissioner Denise Voigt Crawford; an interview with Greg Barr of the Houston Business Journal and interview with UBS victim: Hector Gomez.
Marking their foray into the digital world, Lina and Odile launched Titlepage.tv on March 3, 2008. The endeavor was the culmination of two years of preparation that included format development, website creation, talent search etc.
Highlighted as a breakthrough in the publishing industry, Titlepage.tv was the first online literary show to be shot in broadcast quality. The program quickly developed a serious and faithful following -- with more than 55,000 unique viewers watching the episodes over a period of 4 months.
As we make this entry, Titlepage's record speaks for itself. A number of the books presented in our first season have hit the bestseller lists and five have been nominated for major literary awards.
The show is currently on hiatus, while we search for funding.
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In 2008, Odile worked on a variety of pre-production and production
requests emanating from different channels or departments at Swiss TV.
She
researched stories in areas as varied as health care, the presidential
campaign, the Iraq War and Meth labs. As part of those assignments she
also booked guests and interviews and coordinated shoots with crews and
reporters.
Thanks
to today's technologies and the proficiency of virtual offices, Odile
works for remote clients without having them incur many of the usual
costs associated with pre-production. She coordinates simultaneously
with teams located all over the map. She keeps all team members updated, thanks to blackberries and a web presence that can be accessed 24/7.
Case in point is this report she produced for the Swiss Italian news magazine, Faló, that aired on October 30, 2008, as part of TSI's overall coverage of the US elections. The story focused on the state of the Iraq conflict a few weeks before the elections. Reported by Mario Casella, the piece features veterans whose lives have beenfundamentally altered by the war, vets who have become publicly opposed to it, and interviews with presidential candidate, Dennis Kucinich,with Douglas Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from July 2001 until August 2005, and with Peter Baker, New York Times reporter author of "The Final Days" published in August 2008.
Hired to coordinate the production of TSR's (Swiss TV's French language channel), Election Specials, Odile worked on stories that provided editorial content for the 6 programs that aired from November 2 until November 5.
Starting a month before the event, she also worked on booking guests, researching timely topics and coordinating with APTV prior to the arrival of the Swiss team.
Lina was hired in 2004 to help transform Dubai's Channel 33 into a 24 hour, general entertainment, English-language pan-arab satellite TV station carrying the best in American and British programming and movies.
Since its launch, Dubai One has maintained its position as one of the top 2 English language channels in the region and has over the years incorporated originally produced talk and magazine shows as well as a nightly newscast. That shift has cemented its position as the go to channel for all that is new and happening in Dubai.
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